Major Employers in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Areas (with number of employees)
Cedar Rapids Area Manufacturing Businesses Rockwell Collins, Inc. – 8425 Whirlpool Corporation – 2273 Quaker Oats – 1100 General Mills, Inc. – 658 Gazette Communications-510 www.gazetteecommunications.com Cargill – 420 PMX Industries-370 International Paper-354 Schneider Electric-333 Clipper Windpower-315 Penford Products-206 Cedar Rapids Area Non-Manufacturing Businesses Transamerica – 3500 St. Luke's Hospital – 2700 Hy-Vee Food Stores – 2608 Cedar Rapids Comm. Schools – 2569 Mercy Medical Center – 2300 City of Cedar Rapids – 1280 Wal Mart Stores, Inc. – 1141 Linn-Mar Community Schools – 947 Alliant Energy – 881 Yellowbook USA-857 Nordstrom Direct-851 Linn County Offices – 850 College Community Schools-704 Verizon Business-675 Toyota Financial Services Center-600 APAC Customer Services-600 Target Stores-600 GE Capital Americas-600 PAETEC-553 U.S. Cellular-549 Grant Wood Area Education Agency-500 United States Postal Serivce-478 Physician's Clinic of Iowa-351 Four Oaks, Inc.-314 Intermec Technologies Corp.-250 The Arc of East Central Iowa-500 Stamats Communications-130
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Iowa City Area Manufacturing Businesses Rockwell International-Collins Aviation & Comm.Division – 820 International Automotive Components-805 Procter and Gamble – 500 Oral B Laboratories – 460 Centro, Inc. – 399 Moore Wallace – 234
Iowa City Area Non-Manufacturing Businesses The University of Iowa – 21,043 U of I Hospital & Clinics – 7738 Iowa City Comm. Schools – 1700 American College Testing (ACT) – 1427 VA Medical Center – 1351 Mercy Hospital – 1305 Pearson Educational Measurement – 1152 Riverside Casino & Golf Resort-778 www.riversidecasinoandresort.com Systems Unlimited – 700 City of Iowa City – 641 Johnson County Government – 515 Hawkeye Food Systems – 500 Vangent, Inc.-438 Hy-Vee Food Stores – 430 Hills Bank & Trust – 355 Integrated DNA Technologies– 350 GEICO Direct Auto Insurance – 312 Goodwill Industries – 300 Target – 200 West Music-170 Wal-Mart – 150
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Local Colleges and Universities
Kirkwood Community College – 1410 Augustana College-650 Grinnell College – 600 St. Ambrose University – 500 Coe College – 351 Cornell College – 350 Mt. Mercy College – 280
Other Helpful Websites: http://jobs.uiowa.edu (UI job openings) Sources: Iowa City Chamber of Commerce; Priority1; Iowa City Area Development Group |
The following links include valuable information regarding area demographics, schools, clubs, organizations, and arts/entertainment. The Corridor is a diverse community with a wealth of offerings. Take a look!
Information on living, working in Iowa: www.iowa.com
Iowa City/Cedar Rapids Technology Corridor--Find Yourself Here video: watch?v=Knh2vpZzYYs
Iowa City area demographics :http://www.iowacityareadevelopment.com/demographics
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce:http://www.iowacityarea.com/
Cedar Rapids area demographics: http://www.priority1.com/Content/Locating-Business-Here/Demographics.aspx
Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce: http://www.cedarrapids.org/
Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD): http://www.iowacityareadevelopment.com/
Iowa City and Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau: http://www.iowacitycoralville.org/
Cedar Rapids Area Convention and Visitors Bureau: http://www.cedar-rapids.com/
"Consider Iowa" program: career opportunities, living in Iowa, local events, etc.: www.consideriowa.org
UI Housing Resources: http://offcampushousing.uiowa.edu
UI Family Services Office: http://www.uiowa.edu/hr/famserv/index.html
The University Club Newcomers' Division: http://www.uiowa.edu/~uwc/newcomers
Entrepreneurial Development Center: www.edcinc.org
Organizations geared toward young professionals: www.impactcr.org, www.epicia.org
Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance: upcoming area events, attractions and activities: http://www.culturalcorridor.org/
The University of Iowa Staff Language and Culture Services: http://www.uiowa.edu/hr/administration/linguistics/index.html
Area Maps: Iowa/City Coralville (pdf)
